Environmental projects
After World War II, about 300 000 tons of chemical weapons were dumped into the Baltic Sea which contained 14 extremely toxic substances. The time of the destruction of shells of containers due to corrosion has come to a critical point. Already, researchers have noted an increase in the level of these substances in the Baltic Sea.
In addition, the Baltic Sea hides radioactive substances in its waters. For a long time, radionuclides that were dumped by nuclear processing plants in Western Europe entered the Baltic Sea through the Danish straits. The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 had a very strong impact on the radiation situation in the Baltic Sea. A huge amount of radioactive substances (mainly cesium and strontium) got into the sea. Also in the depths of the Baltic Sea there may be several sunken nuclear submarines. All this has led to the fact that in the fish caught in the Baltic Sea, the content of strontium and cesium is 5 times higher than the norm.
In the third part of the territory of the Baltic Sea at depths of 40-60 meters, there is almost no oxygen in the water, but almost everywhere there are toxic gases - hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, and phosphorus. In some places on the bottom of the Baltic Sea so-called "death zones" have formed, the concentration of toxic substances in they are so great that not a single living organism can exist there.
The situation is greatly aggravated by the fact that the self-purification of water in the sea is very slow, since the Baltic Sea communicates with the North Sea, only through the narrow Danish straits. For 70 years, the ecological situation at sea has deteriorated dramatically.
The problem requires an urgent solution.
ReAB supports and participates in the development of programs to clean up the Baltic Sea and eliminate the consequences of the Chernobyl accident.
European Parliament resolution on chemical residues in the Baltic Sea